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BYD Chairman Discuss Manuacturing, Sales Expansion With Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister

by Eric Olander
Deputy Prime Minister Trần Hồng Hà (right) and Chairman of China’s BYD Co. Ltd. Wang Chuanfu (left) met for talks in Hanoi last week to discuss the automaker's expansion in the country. Image via the Vietnam News Agency.

The chairman of the world’s largest electric vehicle company, China’s BYD, met with Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Trần Hồng Hà in Hanoi late last week to discuss the company’s plans to expand in the Southeast Asian country.

BYD announced plans to build a new factory in northern Phú Thọ province to build cars that will be sold domestically and throughout the ASEAN market. (VIETNAM PLUS)

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